Chest x-rays could speed up COVID-19 testing, LSU radiologists say – msnNOW

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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A team of radiologists at LSU Health New Orleans believes chest x-rays could aid in the rapid diagnosis of COVID-19.
The hospital said the discovery could especially help in areas with limited testing capacity.
In mid to late March of this year, when COVID-19 cases were spiking in New Orleans, we recognized an unusual pattern on chest x-rays that seemed to correlate with COVID positivity, notes David Smith, MD, Associate Profess…

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